Special Edition - Civil War Digital Home
... Civil War campaigns of 1862 Prepared for the Chronicles of America under the direction of W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society.jpg Civil War Centennial, city of Atlanta-showing the area of the three major engagements and deployment of Union and Confederate forces during the summer of 1864.j ...
... Civil War campaigns of 1862 Prepared for the Chronicles of America under the direction of W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society.jpg Civil War Centennial, city of Atlanta-showing the area of the three major engagements and deployment of Union and Confederate forces during the summer of 1864.j ...
Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks
... Unknown Location” section near the end of the book have no location given where they were lost in the information I reviewed. Otherwise, I divided the shipwrecks in this book into geographic location by state, country, or body of water, as seemed most logical to me. Because rivers meander over the ...
... Unknown Location” section near the end of the book have no location given where they were lost in the information I reviewed. Otherwise, I divided the shipwrecks in this book into geographic location by state, country, or body of water, as seemed most logical to me. Because rivers meander over the ...
The Commander-in-Chief and the Constitution: Ian Lawrence
... It should have come to no surprise to the public that Buchanan ultimately adapted a conservative, strict constitutional outlook when confronted with the threat of disunion. His career from his time in Congress had also been marked by a willingness to make concessions towards the South. He never wave ...
... It should have come to no surprise to the public that Buchanan ultimately adapted a conservative, strict constitutional outlook when confronted with the threat of disunion. His career from his time in Congress had also been marked by a willingness to make concessions towards the South. He never wave ...
Stephen C. Rowan and the US Navy: Sixty
... punishes by transportation or chains them together, and compels them under this burthen of chains to carry water from the fountain to the Hospital and keep it well supplied.” 6 Rowan believed that some offenders were “transported” to penal colonies on the coast of Africa, which Rowan noted to be “wo ...
... punishes by transportation or chains them together, and compels them under this burthen of chains to carry water from the fountain to the Hospital and keep it well supplied.” 6 Rowan believed that some offenders were “transported” to penal colonies on the coast of Africa, which Rowan noted to be “wo ...
a PDF version of the guide to Virginia`s Civil War.
... wounding in battle and recovery in a hospital at Hampton. Other items include copies of Allen's enlistment and discharge papers (pp. iv and 671). The letters (with typed transcriptions) have been compiled as Dear Frank: The War Years, 1862-1865: The Civil War Letters of Orrin S. Allen to His Wife Fr ...
... wounding in battle and recovery in a hospital at Hampton. Other items include copies of Allen's enlistment and discharge papers (pp. iv and 671). The letters (with typed transcriptions) have been compiled as Dear Frank: The War Years, 1862-1865: The Civil War Letters of Orrin S. Allen to His Wife Fr ...
Confederate Nationalism in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia During
... There are a number of people that I would like to thank because when I began this dissertation journey more than six years ago, it seemed like such a daunting task. This process was made more manageable as a result of the numerous people who helped me as I went through this remarkable experience. I ...
... There are a number of people that I would like to thank because when I began this dissertation journey more than six years ago, it seemed like such a daunting task. This process was made more manageable as a result of the numerous people who helped me as I went through this remarkable experience. I ...
The Quaker Scout - Historic Fairfax City, Inc.
... also returned to Fairfax Court House. After the war, Jonathan Roberts remained very active in local and Virginia affairs. He was elected a Justice of the Peace and a Justice of the Fairfax County Circuit Court.27 He was an outspoken proponent of reconstruction, suffrage for former slaves, and the di ...
... also returned to Fairfax Court House. After the war, Jonathan Roberts remained very active in local and Virginia affairs. He was elected a Justice of the Peace and a Justice of the Fairfax County Circuit Court.27 He was an outspoken proponent of reconstruction, suffrage for former slaves, and the di ...
THE PATRIOTISM OF RICHMOND`S GERMAN
... Richmond’s German-born men volunteered for Confederate military service while others fled to the North. Those who remained found that they were not fully accepted as members of the Confederate citizenry. Political allegiances within the German-American community were not static. They changed during ...
... Richmond’s German-born men volunteered for Confederate military service while others fled to the North. Those who remained found that they were not fully accepted as members of the Confederate citizenry. Political allegiances within the German-American community were not static. They changed during ...
civil war generals of the union - Teaching American History -TAH2
... the Confederate States Army Graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point 1st West Point graduate to be promoted to a general officer in the regular army U.S. Representative from Virginia’s 3 district (1879 – ...
... the Confederate States Army Graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point 1st West Point graduate to be promoted to a general officer in the regular army U.S. Representative from Virginia’s 3 district (1879 – ...
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Essay
... Fourth Battalion was mainly involved in drilling at Fort Independence in Boston Harbor. And Holmes reveled in the experience. “I’m in bully condition,” he wrote to his mother, “and have got to enjoying the life much.” He even drew her a little sketch of his short haircut and new moustache. His mind ...
... Fourth Battalion was mainly involved in drilling at Fort Independence in Boston Harbor. And Holmes reveled in the experience. “I’m in bully condition,” he wrote to his mother, “and have got to enjoying the life much.” He even drew her a little sketch of his short haircut and new moustache. His mind ...
The Hunley Lesson Plan Book - College of Arts and Sciences
... Privateers were only meant to be a temporary solution until the new nation could purchase or build a navy. The South lacked the industrial might, the population, and economic resources that the North possessed. All of these were essential in mobilizing a successful war effort. As a result, the South ...
... Privateers were only meant to be a temporary solution until the new nation could purchase or build a navy. The South lacked the industrial might, the population, and economic resources that the North possessed. All of these were essential in mobilizing a successful war effort. As a result, the South ...
Breakdown from within : Virginia railroads during the Civil
... CHAPTER V: VIRGINIA'S RAILROADS FAIL TO MEET .............................. .142 TO MEET CIVIL WAR NEEDS The Lack of Strong Leadership ......................................................... 144 Critical Shortages in Materials and Labor ............................................. 146 The Problem ...
... CHAPTER V: VIRGINIA'S RAILROADS FAIL TO MEET .............................. .142 TO MEET CIVIL WAR NEEDS The Lack of Strong Leadership ......................................................... 144 Critical Shortages in Materials and Labor ............................................. 146 The Problem ...
survey of civil war battlefields for the i-66
... The Battle of Buckland Mills (030-5152) After fighting to a stalemate at the Battle of Auburn on October 13−14, 1863, J.E.B Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee orchestrated one of the most famous routs of the Union army during the American Civil War at Buckland Mills. It was the last victory for the Confederat ...
... The Battle of Buckland Mills (030-5152) After fighting to a stalemate at the Battle of Auburn on October 13−14, 1863, J.E.B Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee orchestrated one of the most famous routs of the Union army during the American Civil War at Buckland Mills. It was the last victory for the Confederat ...
Blockade-Running in the Bahamas During the Civil War
... by the Treasury of the Confederacy as head of the "depository" of Confederate funds in Nassau. His duties were to forward shipments of cotton to England, and to make purchases of return cargoes. One of the most difficult problems of the Confederate agents was to get sufficient coal to keep the block ...
... by the Treasury of the Confederacy as head of the "depository" of Confederate funds in Nassau. His duties were to forward shipments of cotton to England, and to make purchases of return cargoes. One of the most difficult problems of the Confederate agents was to get sufficient coal to keep the block ...
“United in Interest and Feeling:” The Political Culture
... Virginia Military Institute. July 4, 1850 (New York: J. Wiley, 1850), 11 – 12. ...
... Virginia Military Institute. July 4, 1850 (New York: J. Wiley, 1850), 11 – 12. ...
ECWC TOPIC Barton Clara Essay
... principal for the school—a man they brought in from out of town. Barton was so distressed at the fact that she had been overlooked for this position, and on account of her sex, that she became physically ill and unable to work or speak. In February 1854, she and another female teacher resigned from ...
... principal for the school—a man they brought in from out of town. Barton was so distressed at the fact that she had been overlooked for this position, and on account of her sex, that she became physically ill and unable to work or speak. In February 1854, she and another female teacher resigned from ...
AtkinsThesis
... The year after Gallagher gave his lectures, the University of Texas invited another noted Civil War scholar, William W. Freehling, to rebut his claims. As in Gallagher’s presentation, Freehling’s lectures also became the foundation of a book, The South vs. The South. Freehling challenged Gallagher’ ...
... The year after Gallagher gave his lectures, the University of Texas invited another noted Civil War scholar, William W. Freehling, to rebut his claims. As in Gallagher’s presentation, Freehling’s lectures also became the foundation of a book, The South vs. The South. Freehling challenged Gallagher’ ...
Mythologies about homes built before the Civil War in
... territory in the War: In 1863, the residents of the westernmost part of the state broke away and formed what is now known as West Virginia. Factories in Virginia were destroyed, cities demolished, and thousands of homes were burned or ransacked (Robertson, 1991). By the time Confederate General Robe ...
... territory in the War: In 1863, the residents of the westernmost part of the state broke away and formed what is now known as West Virginia. Factories in Virginia were destroyed, cities demolished, and thousands of homes were burned or ransacked (Robertson, 1991). By the time Confederate General Robe ...
Military History Anniversaries 0601 thru 061516
... Jun 11 1862 – Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world. Jun 11 1863 – Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia. Jun 11 1942 – Wor ...
... Jun 11 1862 – Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world. Jun 11 1863 – Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia. Jun 11 1942 – Wor ...
Military-History-Anniversaries-0601-thru
... Jun 11 1862 – Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world. Jun 11 1863 – Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia. Jun 11 1942 – Wor ...
... Jun 11 1862 – Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world. Jun 11 1863 – Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia. Jun 11 1942 – Wor ...
George E. Pickett - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... important campaigns of Second Manassas and Antietam, returning to the army in the fall of 1862. He was promptly (and perhaps surprisingly) promoted to major general, responsible for 15,000 hard-worn Confederate soldiers. Meantime, Pickett had begun a romance with a young woman from Suffolk, VA, Sall ...
... important campaigns of Second Manassas and Antietam, returning to the army in the fall of 1862. He was promptly (and perhaps surprisingly) promoted to major general, responsible for 15,000 hard-worn Confederate soldiers. Meantime, Pickett had begun a romance with a young woman from Suffolk, VA, Sall ...
America at Mid-19th Century: Abolition, Civil War, Emancipation
... The war came; it lasted four years and claimed over 630,000 American lives from the battlefields, in a nation of barely 33 million souls. But it also brought the Emancipation Proclamation as a presidential order into the mainstream of American life, and forever changed life in America. The end of t ...
... The war came; it lasted four years and claimed over 630,000 American lives from the battlefields, in a nation of barely 33 million souls. But it also brought the Emancipation Proclamation as a presidential order into the mainstream of American life, and forever changed life in America. The end of t ...
Best Little Stories from the Civil War, 2E
... Little Stories from the Wild West. Our digging for “historical gold” in “mundane earth,” he wrote at that time, had enabled us to “prise forth glittering nuggets of nifty narrative that, packed tight in the thick treasure boxes of their paperbound anthologies, make for truly priceless reading.” Than ...
... Little Stories from the Wild West. Our digging for “historical gold” in “mundane earth,” he wrote at that time, had enabled us to “prise forth glittering nuggets of nifty narrative that, packed tight in the thick treasure boxes of their paperbound anthologies, make for truly priceless reading.” Than ...
A Unique Hell in Southwestern Virginia: Confederate Guerrillas and
... argue that many of these guerrillas worked alongside Confederate Army soldiers to defend southwestern Virginia. Groups of partisan rangers, bushwhackers, and home guards harassed Union forces, guarded vulnerable mountain passes and roads, and providing military intelligence for Confederate army comm ...
... argue that many of these guerrillas worked alongside Confederate Army soldiers to defend southwestern Virginia. Groups of partisan rangers, bushwhackers, and home guards harassed Union forces, guarded vulnerable mountain passes and roads, and providing military intelligence for Confederate army comm ...
Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS ()
... On May 15, 1861, Montgomery C. Meigs was made Quartermaster General of the United States Army with the rank of brigadier general. He had attended the University of Pennsylvania before entering West Point on July 1, 1832. Graduating fifth in his class, he served for a year in the artillery before tra ...
... On May 15, 1861, Montgomery C. Meigs was made Quartermaster General of the United States Army with the rank of brigadier general. He had attended the University of Pennsylvania before entering West Point on July 1, 1832. Graduating fifth in his class, he served for a year in the artillery before tra ...
Battle of Hampton Roads
The Battle of Hampton Roads, often referred to as either the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (or Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads, was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies. It was fought over two days, March 8–9, 1862, in Hampton Roads, a roadstead in Virginia where the Elizabeth and Nansemond Rivers meet the James River just before it enters Chesapeake Bay adjacent to the city of Norfolk. The battle was a part of the effort of the Confederacy to break the Union blockade, which had cut off Virginia's largest cities, Norfolk and Richmond, from international trade.The major significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships, i.e. the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The Confederate fleet consisted of the ironclad ram Virginia (built from the remnants of the USS Merrimack) and several supporting vessels. On the first day of battle, they were opposed by several conventional, wooden-hulled ships of the Union Navy. On that day, Virginia was able to destroy two ships of the Federal flotilla, USS Congress and USS Cumberland, and was about to attack a third, USS Minnesota, which had run aground. However, the action was halted by darkness and falling tide, so Virginia retired to take care of her few wounded — which included her captain, Flag Officer Franklin Buchanan — and repair her minimal battle damage.Determined to complete the destruction of the Minnesota, Catesby ap Roger Jones, acting as captain in Buchanan's absence, returned the ship to the fray the next morning, March 9. During the night, however, the ironclad Monitor had arrived and had taken a position to defend Minnesota. When Virginia approached, Monitor intercepted her. The two ironclads fought for about three hours, with neither being able to inflict significant damage on the other. The duel ended indecisively, Virginia returning to her home at the Gosport Navy Yard for repairs and strengthening, and Monitor to her station defending Minnesota. The ships did not fight again, and the blockade remained in place.The battle received worldwide attention, and it had immediate effects on navies around the world. The preeminent naval powers, Great Britain and France, halted further construction of wooden-hulled ships, and others followed suit. A new type of warship was produced, the monitor, based on the principle of the original. The use of a small number of very heavy guns, mounted so that they could fire in all directions was first demonstrated by Monitor but soon became standard in warships of all types. Shipbuilders also incorporated rams into the designs of warship hulls for the rest of the century.